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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 35 › Verses 15-16
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He may be under many extremities at once; extremely visited in Body, extremely in Mind, extremely in his Relations, extremely in his Name, extremely in all his worldly concernments. As there is no outward evil, for the matter, so none for the degree, but a good man may be in it. Let us be moderate in judging those, who are in the extremest extremities of suffering.
He may be under many extremities at once; extreamly visited in Body, extreamly in Mind, extreamly in his Relations, extreamly in his Name, ext••amly in all his worldly concernments. As there is no outward evil, for the matter, so none for the degree, but a good man may be in it. Let us be moderate in judging those, who are in the extreamest extreamities of suffering.
Secondly, Note; Some good men, or good men sometimes under very great afflictions, are not sensible of the hand of the Lord upon them.
Secondly, Note; Some good men, or good men somtimes under very great afflictions, are not sensible of the hand of the Lord upon them.
As a good man may receive many mercies, and yet not observe (at present) how, or from whom he receives them, so he may be under angry visitations or dispensations in great extremity, and ⟨p. 130⟩not mind the dealing of God with him in it, nor what he intendeth by it; yea, he may complain of the burden, and cry out under the pressure, yet not know it at that time for his own good, for his humbling or purging. The Prophet saith concerning Ephraim, (Hos. 7.9.) Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: That is, Enemies have swallowed up, or taken away that wealth, those riches, they have subdued those Armies, those Forces, which he looked upon, and boasted of, as his strength; they have broken him quite with Wars & Invasions, yet Ephraim knew it not: and not only so, but as it followeth, Yea, Grey hairs are here and there upon him; that is, he hath many Symptoms or Signs or ruin and destruction, yet he knoweth it not. Grief of heart for great changes in our Estate, change the hair; many grow grey with sorrow. So that, when 'tis said grey hairs are upon him, 'tis an allusion taken from the Body Natural to the Body Politic; for as when the natural Body of a man hath grey hairs appearing, or (as Solomon allegorizeth,